Featured Guest Author: Dana Faletti

Dana Faletti is an award-winning novelist with Pandamoon Publishing. She is the author of The Whisper Trilogy, a young adult paranormal romance and Beautiful Secret, a sweeping drama of family secrets and forbidden love that was released by Pandamoon Publishing in October of 2016 and has since won The Lyra Award as well as honorable mention at both The San Francisco and Paris Book Festivals. Dana blogs about whatever inspires her at www.danafaletti.blogspot.com, writes poetry as a survival skill and loves to connect with other writers both online and in person. When she’s not writing, Dana can be found reading on her kindle, cooking something delicious, or daydreaming about her upcoming travel destinations. She lives in in a suburb of Pittsburgh with her husband, three young daughters, and two snarky Shichons called Dolce and Vita. Find out more about Dana and her books at ​www.danafaletti.com.

Illustrator: Denise M. Cassano

Thanks to Denise M. Cassano for granting YWI the permission to use her artwork as an inspiration for our radio theater productions. Please visit her at corndogart.com.

About the Young Writers' Institute

The Young Writers' Institute is sponsored by Pine-Richland-Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PR-PAGE) and facilitated by the Fellows of The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project. All students entering grades 4-8 are welcome to register. Students will spend the week exploring their creative writing abilities through instruction, modeling, and creation of written works.